Wow the final 18 are playing it out at the palm beach tomorrow to see who gets on the final table - all 18 have cashed. I gotta say i got to deal to some awesome poker players - Phil Ivey, Huckleberry Seed, Freddy Deeb, Mr Channing (sorry for the KK that lost to AA that was me that dealt the hand that Neil went busto on!) Michael Greco, Luke Swartz so many to name but a good experience nevertheless! Good luck the final 18 

Hi guys,

To anyone heading to Poker in the Park tomorrow, I will be doing a talk in the lecture marquee at 1.30pm Friday.

I'm pretty sure I'm the only one on the line-up still shy of $1,000,000 in career earnings. I could do with some support.

If anyone wants to come along and fill some seats/cheer/clap/boo/heckle I'd very much appreciate it.

Come along and show the blackbelt love!

Cheers

Why are winners at ipoker who play the same stakes and also similar number of hands than those at star and full Tilt seem to be winning at less than half the amount of the two big sites?

If you are wondering what i am talking about have a look at the .25/50 nlhe stats for all three sites for this year and do some comparisons.

Some interesting figures when you look at them but i can't for the life of me think of a reason why.

I have no idea why this would be the case and would be interested on peoples thoughts as to why this might be. 

Quick question to all, apart from BBP, you play on any other sites? Even smaller networks? Anyone on Micro gaming?

I got a question, do you earn more bpp points if you play £ tables against $ and euro tables.The reason i ask was i played over 188 hands last night on £, $ and euro tables and my tracking software says i raked $54.44 and i checks this morning i i got 392 points /5 and i make it $78.40 rake.

online poker is rigged i swear i played like 15 tournys and always when im all in with KK and QQ or JJ against an ace like AK AQ even A4 they always turn or river that ace 

great 2 meet so many of u guys  2day had a blast hope 2 meet more 2morrow and may even try a tourney lol!

It only day 2 of September , and the enlightenment program has been running for 2 days.
It must be working as I have just won my first yellow belt freeroll.
Whoop Whoop
Did catch a bucket full of rivers at the FT tho' LOL

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Latest blog up, don't think it's the most interesting read but had to just get some thoughts out of my head and into the blog

http://blackbeltpoker.com/blogs/read/76711/deadlydave/Down-But-Back-Soon-/

Noooooo Please say it ain't sooooooo 

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/9684-greek-draft-legislation-blocks-foreign-poker-sites

1st Ever Dojo report........... (Hold em Manager).

Just finished the first Dojo session with Adam Latimer, with a guest appearance from Owen Robinson. Firstly I would like to say how great these are going to be, at first I picked a few that I thought I would be interested but now at only 300 points each I am planning to do as many as I can...
Adam is a really  great teacher and quickly picks up on your level of thinking and is able to explain things so that you can easily understand them and is happy to go over anything that you don’t...

On the subject of Hold em Manager one thing that Adam said is that, its almost cheating and if these Stats weren’t  available to everyone I’m sure it would be would be, if you choose not to use them then its probably the most -EV decision you are making !!
If like me you have tried them in the past but you have been unable to understand the stats so either you cant use them or misinterpret them, then i would highly recommend this dojo, which i believe will be running every month for a while, as once you do you will not see how you ever played without them....

I would like to thank Adam and Owen for a really great session which im sure will really improve my game no end....

Just when you thought you could not get any more value from BBP they pull this out the bag, All I can say is well done Adam  and everyone else involved in this, a truly great addition!!!

about 2k more in points for another month or three at purple.My question is does anyone else have varaince every time they play,what i mean by this is,drop a buy in or two in the 1st 50 odd hands and then end of the night you up a buy in or two( I call this yoyo poker) anyone else experiance this?

The Big Cash Game

As the players come in they have their entrance music (I thought Neil would use Kung Fu Fighting), what would you use and why?

Mine would be "Let there be hope" by Chrystal Method - just because it is one of my fav tracks from my fav LP.

Just had a listen to the 'Cash Plays' podcast from Dueces Cracked and they were talking about expected win rates as a PTBB per 100 being about .3 for a limit player. With exceptional players looking at PTBB's of about 1.5.
As I understand it PTBB's stand for poker tracker big blinds per 100 which they say is used by most pro's and compared to normal tracking software it is about half????

My question is approximately how many BB's per 100 is a good rate to be running at as a no limit player, and over what size of sample are these being measured. 

I would be more than happy for mine just to be green LOL

If any of you out there would like to share their BB per 100 stat mine at present is -2.49 over a sample size of 9000 hands. 

This is averaged across all of the levels I have played at over the past few months some limits I am positive and some I am negative.

Poker CV - Putting Poker on Your Resume? 
Dangers or benefits of poker resume. Would you ever put poker on your resume when applying for a new job? This has been discussed from time to time and it seems to be a touchy subject with opinions leaning more towards don't do it.

I've seen a stock trading company mention that they would consider poker in CV as a plus, since poker players have learned to not be so emotionally attached to the money involved and therefore make better judgments.

When, if ever, would you consider putting poker on your resume? 

Thoughts ???


IMO think  the point about if your trying to attract the Trading side of things where your dealing in copious amounts of $ and being able to adjust and not be phased when things dont go your way..

Sitandgoplanet.com have recently introduced a new guide to replace their previous 'Comedy of Errors'.  The guide is completely free and claims to be the '$16 per hour SNG formula'.

Alongside some work on my post-flop game, through an upcoming sweat session with Adam Latimer, I am going  to work through poker course and report back on my progress and results.

I have felt just recently that my game has gotten a little stale and that, due to the nature of playing SNG Turbos, I pay little attention to the tendencies of my opponents.

I am also probably not making the correct ICM decisions as often as I should be to maximise my returns, so am going to trial SitNGo Wizard and ensure I spend some time post-session looking back at my play.  I will also post a hand on the boards here for discussion, as appropriate.

This is the first phase of making a serious attempt at improving my game.  I have an eye on playing in some of the local live tournaments and weekly casino games, where I believe there is some 'easy' money.  I want to make sure I am giving as much to my game as I can over the next few weeks.

I hope that I can get a few followers and can post some positive results and an interesting read for you.

Just to give you a starting point, over the last year or so I have posted 615 SNGs on FullTilt and now ipoker, with an average stake of $5-$6 (as I have recently started playing the $10 games on ipoker).  I have made $289 profit - an ROI of approx 9.5% .  My sharkscope ability is 63/100 over this period.

Whether realistic or not (I believe it is), I was hoping to hit an ROI of 20% at these games - so there is definitely room for improvement. 

Anyone going to 'Poker in the Park' on Thursday? Never been before and just wanted know what the deal is?

EPT UK Players 123 6 left :-)
http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/tournaments/ept/season-7/vilamoura-1/chipcount.html
Go Teddy Teddy :-)

Greetings all. We understand it is very late notice, but if any Yellow and Orange Belts would like to purchase a seat in tonight's Dojo Session for 300 Spending Points, please could you drop us an email at training@blackbeltpoker.com so we can see if we are able to squeeze you in last minute. The Session starts at 8pm and will be conducted by Adam Latimer. See the 'Training' promotion pages for more details.

im really liking the look of this festival. prob gonna try and play some of these, hope the fox club gets open would be nice to get a few bbp players for some of these.

http://www.pkr.com/documents/3473/London_Calling_Schedule.pdf

Is anyone playing the PocketFives Open in the early hours of tomorrow night?

Just wanted to see my new belt.......   
Anyone else got a new one ??